You're really not. You just seem to be one of the few people on this board that actually enjoys a laugh, rather than spending your days slagging Jools Holland or basically ANYTHING that isn't some sort of Canadian indie band or on Warp.

Lets abandon music. Lets abandon intelligence and decent conversation. YAY! Fuck the fact that this is a music site, lets just wind each other up and listen to McFly and Kaiser Chiefs and end every senetence with 'true story'. ROFL

but if you think the people you are sniping at are so foolish why waste time on them? You're above it. You have things to say about music which you've stopped doing. Mouthing off bitterly about the site in general because you don't like an attention seeking minority is no reason to stop posting anything of substance altogether. Otherwise you might as well just fuck off or create a troll account.

The point is that this is the direction the site is being taken. The attention seeking minority is now the majority. The attention seeking minority is the editor. Why rise above it? They don't want me to. The former majority, who actually do have an interest in music, should find somewhere else to go because they're clearly not welcome here anymore. Whats the point in saying anything about music here? No one's interested. I'd get a more positive response walking down the street and telling random strangers I like Phil Collins' debut album but dislike the fact that Bloc Party party have shown little or no progression with their new single.

I'm not bitter at all, I just visit this site for different reasons now.

I think that if, for a second, you read some of these things in context, you can clearly see I'm sitting in front of my computer with a big smile on my face because the things I'm writing are so ridiculous.

Of course I still care about music, but what's getting to me is this seemingly endless stream of negativity that is either being directed towards the site, its staff and music in general.

You're now bracketing yourself inside the problem and not the solution, plus this IS the social board and therefore going to be the home to some occasionally random or foolish outbursts from everyone on here.

Dear me. To complete your journey towards the interweb ranking of "Hardcore Messageboard Poster", all you need to do now is thus:

1/ make a big leaving thread where you announce that you're leaving.

2/ in said thread, mention how you dislike the way this board is going and that, while you're not an elitist against people newer here than you, all the people who were here In The Beginning have now left and it's simply not the same level of discussion you're used to anymore.

3/ say that you've also realised there are more important things in life.

i might get myself a girlfriend soon. I used to have a few differnet ones but they where either fat or ginger! which is kinda weird as im am fairly buff?!?!? you should have seen me at school tho - i was a 'tang-magnet.

But doesn't positivity come from people being negative at least 10% of the time - I think its ok to whine if you at least do something to change things or be different to a degree. I dont want to think that people can't air their views but at the same time the 'I liked them before they formed/were foetuses' type indie snobbery is incredibly boorish as well - oh lets all love each other or something but not use tongues